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Get Her Name Even if She Doesn’t Tell You: Names of Butterflies Provided

SEJONG, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Institute of Biological Resources announced that they will be providing a service where one can search for the names of 200 species of butterflies inhabiting Korea. The service is provided at the homepage of the institute (www.nibr.go.kr/species). By selecting the color, pattern and shape of a butterfly, [...]

Butterfly Migrations Prove Global Warming

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The butterflies that live in the southern part of Korea have migrated 1.6 kilometers a year for the past 60 years, due to global warming. In the process of organizing the distribution change of butterflies among different species, the Korea Forest Research Institute discovered that the movement of the [...]